Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

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/ VACANCIES IN ELECTION L B1ARrs-AcT OF JAN
UAsY ID, 1874.
SECTION 6. In ali lection districts where
v2caacy exists by reason of disqualification
q! lae officer Cr otherwise in an election
board heretofore appointed. or where any new
district shall hc formed. the Judge or Judges
% the court or common ,'leas of the proper
county shall, ten days before any general or
special election, appoint competent persons
10 tl sud vacancies and to conduct the
e'eeiion IN said new districts; and in The ap.
pvihtuicnt OF inspectors in any election dis
'.lcl hoih shall not be of the same political
ariy; and the judge of elections shall. in
all cases, be Of the political party having the
maj iityeot votes in said district, rs nearly
as the said judge or judges can ascertain
tGe fact: and in case of the disagreement
u thc ridges rs to the selection of inspee-
tors, the political majority of the Judges shall
select one of such inspectors. and the minor
Iiy Ju5ge or judges shall select theolher
VACANCIES ON MORNING OF EIEcrIoN-Acr ov
JULY 2, 1889.
In case the person who shall have
received the second highest number of votes
for Inspector, shall not attend on the day
uf any election, then the person who shall
have received The second highest number of
votes fer judge at the next preceding elec-
ton, shall act as an inspector in his place;
and III case the person who shall have re-
ceivod the highest number of votes for in-
specior shall not attend, the person elected
iacge shall appoint an inspector in his place;
and in case the person elected judge sh Ill
not attend, then the inspector who received
the highest number of votes shall appoint
in ja,'ge bis place; and if any vacancy shall
continue in the board .or the space of one
hour alter the time fixed by law for the
CT The township, ward or district, for, which
such officer shall hive been elected pres
cnt at the election, shall eject one Of their
Der To ill snch vacancy.
The oArH-Aor JANUARY 80, 1874
SEC 9. ln addition 10 the oath nov pre-
scribec by law to bc taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall be seyeraliy sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how any elector
shall have voted unless required to do SO as
Witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All Judges,
inspectors, clerks.aGd oyersecrs of any cleo
ton held under this act. shall before enter
lng upon thelr dutits. be duly sworn or
aifilned i'll tie presence of each other. The
Judges stall be sworn hy the minority n.s
spccscr, and in case there Uy TO minority
inspector, then by justice OF the peace or
aide IGan, aua the inspectors, everseers
aud clerks Shall be sworn be the Judge, car-
tile 10 Of such swearing Or affirming shall ,
be daily made out aud signed 10y the officers
so sworn, and attested by the officers who
adiuiniser the oath.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC 5. At all the elections hereafte held un>
der the laws of this Commonwealth, tie
polls shall BIS opened at O'clock A. NJ and
closed at o'clock, P. NJ.
THE BALLOTS.
CONSTITUTION OF PES ESNsYLvANIA-ART VIII.
SEC 4. All elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num-
bered i'll the order in which it was received,
and the humber recorded by the election
officers on the list of voters opposite the name
OF the clector who presents the ballot. Any
eiecor may write his name upon his ticket,
or ca1se the same to be written thereon and
attested by citizen of the district.
ACT JANUARY so, 1874.
SEC g. At the opening OF the polls at the
elections it shall be the duty OF the judges of
the election for their respective districts to
designate one OF the inspectors, whose duty it
shall be TO have in custody the registry of
voters. and To make the entries tL-rein requir-
ed by law; and it shall be the duty of the
other said inspectors to receive and number
The ballots presented at said ELECTION,
DUTIES OF PEACE oFFIcFRs-AcT OF 1889.
It shall be the duty of the respective con-
stables of each ward, district or township
within this Commonwealth to be present in
person or by deputy, at the place of holding
such elections in said ward, district or town.
ship. for the purpose of preserving the peace,
as aforesaid
THE TICKETS.
ACT MARCH 80, 1866.
SEQ L. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met. and it is hereby enacted by the au-
thority of the same, That the qualified voters
of the several counties of this Commonwealth
at all general, township. borough and spe-
cial elections are hereby hereafter authorized
and required to vote by tickets, printed or
written. or partly printed and partly written,
aeveraly classified as follows:
One ticket shall contain the names of all
persons voted for for the Electors Of
President and Vice President of the United
States, and shall be labelled on the outside
with the word Electors"
One ticket shall contain the names Of all
persons voted for for Member of Congress OF
tie United States. all persons voted for for
Member of the State Senate of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, all persons voted
for for Member of the House of Representa-
tives OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and all persons voted for for county offices
of said county of Butler, and TO be labelled
On the outside with the word County
One ticket shall contain the names OF all
persons voted for for Judge cf any of the
courts OF said county or Of this Common
wealth, and be labelled On the outside with
the word Judiciary
One ticket shall contain the names of all
persons voted for for officers Of the Com
mon uwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, other than
Judges OF the Supreme Court of said Com
moawealth, and be labelled on the outside
with the word State"
OF THE ELECTION RETURNS.
ACT JANUARY 60 1874
SEC. 13. AS soon as the polls shall close, the
officers of the election shall proceed to count
all the votes cast for each candidate voted
foc, and make full return of the same in
triplicste. with return sheet in addition, In
all of which the votes received by each can
didate shall be given after his name. first
in words then in figures. and shall be sign
ed by al the said officers and by er-eers, il
apv, OF il not 80 certified, the overseers and
any officer refusing to sign or certify, or
either of them, shall write upon each OF
the returns his or their reason for not signing
or certifying them. The vote soon as
counted shall also be publicly and fully de-
clared from the window to the citizens pre-
sent, and brief statement showing the votes
received by each candidate shall be made
and signed by the election offers as soon
rs the votes are counted; and the same shall
he Immediately posted Gpon the door of the
election house for information OF the public
The tripiieate returns shall be enclosed in
envelopes and be sealed in the presence Of
the officers, and one envelope, with the unseal-
ed return sheet given to the Judge, which
shall contain one list ofvoters tally papers and
oath of officers, and another OF said envelopes
shall be given TO the minority Inspector. All
jGdges living within twelve miles OF the
Prothonotary's Office, or within twenty-four
miles, if their residence &c in town, city
or village upon the line of railroad leading
to the county seat, shall before two O'Clock
past meridian OF the day after the election
and all other Judges shall, before twelve
O'Clock meridian of the second day after the
election deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonotaly of the
court of common pleas OF the county, which
said return shall be filed. and the day and the
hour Of iiing marked thereon ans shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public
inspectiou At twelve O'Clock on the second
day following any election, the prothonotary
of the court of common pleas shall present
the said returns to the said court. In coun-
ties where there is no resident president
Judge, the associate judge shall perform the
duties imposed upon the court OF common
pleas, which shall convene for said purpose;
the return presented by the prothor otary
shall be opened by said court and computed
ty such of its officers and such sworn assis-
tants as the court shall arroint; in the pres
ence OF the judge or judges of said courI, on
the return certified end GER
tiicates of election issued under
tue seal OF the cours as is now required to
be done by return judges; aud the vote as SO
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